Apple Rejects Application That Would Gauge iPhone Radiation Levels
If one thing Apple is staying consistent and it looks like they are at it again. No it’s not another product it’s Apple exercising further editorial judgment in terms of the applications that will get onto their iPhone.
The difference from some of the past application censorship is that this time it isn’t the bare breasts and games of violence. This time the problem is about a denied application that would allow a user to see the level of radiation that their iPhone is emitting.
When Apple was asked for comment their spokesman declined comment on the issue.
Friedlander, the Tawkon co-founder, talked about how Apple had responded just a few days after the application was submitted by Tawkon to be an application within the iTunes Store. The response was stated that the graphical user interface was a good one but that through supplying information to consumers about radiation levels through the application could cause a significant amount of confusion.
Friedlander additionally talked about the fact that they are very clear about the fact of they will make the content decisions on whether or not they want to post something or not.
Of course any company has a right to censor content for their products but the apparent move from Apple comes as there is mounting research, mostly coming from Europe, that puts an indication of linkage of cell phone usage and cancer. Part of the concern is whether or not this information is actually factual and would the application actually give a false positive of some sort, etc… The United States phone carriers, manufactures as well as groups, with one being the NIH (National Institute of Health) concluded that the research at this point doesn’t make a clear connection from someone using a cell phone and cancer/cancer risk.
There are some public health experts and other consumer advocates that are talking about the exponential growth of cell phone usage, especially among that of teens starting usage at an early age, warrants much more study in regards to whether or not there is an actual link between cell phone use, radiation and cancer.
One of these people is a health expert by the name of David Carpenter. David Carpenter is a physician and professor at the University of Albany. Dr. Carpenter spoke recently at a hearing at the legislature in Maine on whether or not the state should put out a mandate that puts a warning label on cell phones.
The application from Tawkon would give the user a reading on the level of radiation that is emitted by the iPhone which would be dependent on environmental changes as well as the distance they are from cell towers.
Some of the criticism though is that the phone doesn’t actually measure any radiation and that it does nothing more than an estimate calculation based on the phones parameters and that the estimate is by no means exact. With that in mind I really can’t blame Apple for denying this application.
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